USSoccer

Player development? Yes. Scouting? No. Why should anyone be exempt for a massive, organization-wide failure to develop ML talent? Because Wilken and his scouts just came in last year. And Wilken has one of the best track records in the game. Okay, everyone who arrived with Wilken can stay. Everyone who was here pre Wilken (including Oneri Flieta) should be axed. I'd be fine with Wilken and his people staying and EVERYBODY else going. But I don't see it happening that cleanly. I just hope the Hendry/Hughes types are gone first and foremost. Yeah, I don't either. I believe Wilken and Hendry are good friends. I'm pretty sure that won't matter if Hendry is sacked in the offseason. Which barring a postseason appearance he should be.

Player development? Yes. Scouting? No. Why should anyone be exempt for a massive, organization-wide failure to develop ML talent? Because Wilken and his scouts just came in last year. And Wilken has one of the best track records in the game. Okay, everyone who arrived with Wilken can stay. Everyone who was here pre Wilken (including Oneri Flieta) should be axed. I'd be fine with Wilken and his people staying and EVERYBODY else going. But I don't see it happening that cleanly. I just hope the Hendry/Hughes types are gone first and foremost. Why wouldn't new ownership want a fresh start? It's not like the guys here have any real positive track record to speak of. I want everyone gone. Everyone. This is a rudderless ship with no real plan to find direction.

Player development? Yes. Scouting? No. Why should anyone be exempt for a massive, organization-wide failure to develop ML talent? Because Wilken and his scouts just came in last year. And Wilken has one of the best track records in the game. Okay, everyone who arrived with Wilken can stay. Everyone who was here pre Wilken (including Oneri Flieta) should be axed.

Player development? Yes. Scouting? No. Why should anyone be exempt for a massive, organization-wide failure to develop ML talent?

I don't think McDonough will fire him. Which is a shame. Whoever buys the team should fire every single employee affiliated with scouting and player development. The organizational philosiphy needs to be purged.

Ramirez has a dirty uniform because he's so lazy that he lies down between pitches. It's funny you say that. Someone on WGN was talking to Barry Rozner about the Bulls game on Wednesday morning, and right at the end of the conversation, Rozner took a blantant and unnecessary shot at ARam. He said he hadn't seen the Cubs game from the previous night and wanted to know if Ramirez was still standing there admiring his home run, or if he bothered to run around the bases.

It's just horrible that this organization hasn't lucked into a 100 win season at some point in the last 50 years.

I think they win tonight, but the home crowd has to be a big factor for that to happen.

The way Sunil Gulati handled that situation was disgraceful. Summarize please. My limited interest in the us national team combined with my utter lack of knowledge about futbol leaves me wondering what happened. After Arena was nonrenewed, Gulati courted Juergen Klinsmann and nearly had a deal done, but it fell through, so Bradley was named as an interim coach while Gulati ran around trying to satisfy his foreign coach fetish. Bradley did a pretty good job both tactically, roster wise and results wise (3-0-1 in four games, outscoring opponents 9-1), but Gulati not only would not commit to Bradley, but wouldn't even give a time frame or imply what it would take for Bradley to earn the permanent job. He even went so far as to refuse to acknowledge Bradley's candidacy even as the USMNT was pantsing Mexico again with a stripped down lineup vs Mexico's full squad. He kept saying he "may have a coach by the summer tournaments, or he may not", basically keeping Bradley in limbo and not informing him of benchmarks or timeframes. Finally, either by default or because he couldn't get a big name foreign coach in enough time for the CONCACAF Gold Cup or Copa America, he gave Bradley the permanent job, but who knows what kind of leash or autonomy in terms of scheduling or roster composition Bradley will have. Gulati is a weasel of a man, basically a fan who stumbled into the job and someone who has no clue how to properly manage a national team. Bradley wasn't my first choice, but based on his 4 games has shown a willingness to play different roster compositions and at least showed flashing of tactical changes in philosiphy.

Hiring Bradley is lame?

I don't know if they can win tonight, but if they do, I think it goes 7. The key is if the Bulls can withstand the early run Detroit will almost assuredly make. If we can keep it close, we can steal this one.

The way Sunil Gulati handled that situation was disgraceful.

I think they'll win today.

It's awesome when you are getting knocked around and laughed at and it's not even close to halftime yet. What a joke.

This is terrible. Someone do something

Maybe try a zone?

Detroit is just a much better basketball team. Their team defense is too good for us to play draw, slash and kick. This is where having no low post scoring options kills us. If I were Skiles, I'd pull a Pat Riley and try and ugly this game up. Slow it way down. They have no chance otherwise.

Apart from Deng and Hinrich, the Bulls are crap tonight.

Man U looked terrible. Their back line finally did them in.

Both sides blew easy goals. Drogba putting a ball over the bar inside the 6 was about the most embarrasing thing I've seen in a long time, and Kuyt should have scored late in the 2nd extra time session. That was a weak shot considering the time and space he had. But still, Didier Drogba putting the ball over inside the 6? I'm still just stunned at that. I was kind of hoping it would come down to Robbie Fowler making the PK, but whatever. I'm so glad Chelsea lost this game. Jose Mourinho drives me nuts. Anfield proved the difference. If the 2nd leg is at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea go through.

Awesome. Just awesome. This was a great effort. Duhon and Noc hit huge shots, Deng and Gordon played big. Wallace iced the game at the line, and even though he had a god awful shooting game, Hinrich came up with some great defense and hustle plays. Just awesome to see.

That was a terrible half of basketball, and yet they are only down four.

Over/Under on stripper references?

What happened?

I agree. Home crowds tend to make a difference in playoff series. I expect a discrepancy in FT attempts and a sharp drop in the Bulls FG%, as well as spikes in the production of Miami's secondary players like Walker, Haslem and Kapono.